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THE CHARITY
By
EFFIE A.
Mrs. Thnrngate was wai'.lng for her,
anil cam up to her at once. At tho drat
glimpse of her swept, motherly face Au
drey nervousness went. J he vicar s
wife spoke cheerfully and kindly to the
girl, and as they walked out of the
station together her tbouents were very
busy.
'What could George hare wen think
ing about when ho spoke of this child
as "nice looking r the woras are
heresy when UHod to descr'Le her face I
Poor soul ! I am sorry for ber I Such
beauty In her station of lite doeg not
mean happiness."
Audrey found herself speaking quite
nnturully and easily to this kind man
nered woman, and answered all the ques
tions Mrs. Thnrngate put lo her in her
fresh, clear voice and refined tones.
Hut whatever the vicar's wife wns
turning over in her inind it wns never
permitted to ripen, for just n they were
passing In at the rectory garth n a pret
ty pluce even In the chill Feoruury weath
era young lady, monnt-M on a bay
horse with black points, and attended
by a smart groom, rode swiftly along tho
road. She drew rein as alio saw Mrs.
Thomgato.
'Good morning," she crfed, !n a clear,
rather hard voice. "Hiive yea seen any
thing of Lord John? They tell me he
came a cropper just by Dclf Woods, and
went back by train to got mother mount,
as be had lamed old Hector. You have
not seen him, Mrs. Thorngutel Dear me,
how tiresome 1 The day is quite hot,
mid we shaped the have suoh a rattling
good run."
"It is a pity," Mrs. Thornxate assent
ed heartily.-for In her youth ehe had been
a first rate sportswoman, and she sym
pathised with the girl's disappointment
warmly j "but can't you catrh them up
somewhere, Miss Fraser? Where was
the meet?"
CHAPTER III.
Sheila Fraser explained everything In
her sharp way, and Audrey, standing
modestly In tbe background, looked In
admiration and surprise at tba neat, well
turned figure sitting easily in the saddle,
at the small, oval face under the straight
hat brim, and tbe coll of red gold balr
at the nana of the neck.
How pretty this Miss Fraser was I Her
teeth 1 were so even and white, her
cheeks so rosy warm in color; only her
eyes seemed cold and hard. They moved
about quickly, and to Audrey were just
like sharp needles.
"I rode back to Inquire after Lord
John at bis mother's requost, because
some one said be waa really hurt. Now,
I wish I had not been so quixotic I
really don't quite know what I shall do."
Miss Fraser tapped ber smsll foot with
her whip Impatiently, and then frowned.
The wind had blown the veil over Au
drey's face again, but sbe eould see
through It easily, and she did not like
that frown, it made the eyes more aharp
and cruel than before.
"I suppose It Is no use ak.ng you to
hava some luncheon with me'Mrs. Thorn-
gate said, and then, all at once, she re
membered Audrey, and uttered an ex
clamation. "I very nearly forrot," she
said, turning to Miss Fraser, "yonr new
maid has arrived. This Is ahe."
Sheila Fraser looked carelessly at the
slender form In Its black cloak and all.
"Oh!" she said shortly; ahe paused a
moment, and then addr?nng Audrey,
"you bad better go up to Dlnglewood at
once: ask nircham; she will tell you
what yourdutiea are, and er what Is
your name?"
"Masse Audrey Maxse," Mrs. Thorn-
gate replied, quickly.
"Wen er Maxse, you must alter
your dress. That funeral cloak and veil
are simply absurd. I'lcase see to that at
once."
Miss Fraser bent from her saddle to
ask one or two questions confidentially of
the vicar'a wife, and then ber face flushed.
and ahe uttered an exclamation of pleas
ure "Here he Is, after all ! t a horse
man .came fleetly toward them.
Jack Gleuuurwood pulled up with a
Jerk.
"Halloo, Sheila, you twee? Why, I
thought you would have been at Sher
wood Downs, at least, by this time."
He waa thoroughly well cleansed of
all mud, and looked as speck and span as
Miss Fraser herself, as be removed his
hat and greeted Mrs. Thorngate.
"Heard you bad a cropper, and, as
your mother was anxious, I rode back
to see what was lert ot you," Mietla re
plied In a curt, somewhat mat-uline man
ner. "Poor mother," he said, lightly. "Well,
the- best thing we can do Is to tear down
to Wetland t The hounds wvnt through
there a few minutes ago, I heard ;
thought I might catch them up here, but
as they have not come this ay, we are
pretty sure of tumbling In with them in
that direction."
He looked eager to be off, and his eyes
never went toward the gate where Andrey
stood, shrinking bark shyly, In her black
garments. A few more worda exchanged
and tbe two young peoplo rode off, and
Mrt. Therngate came up to Audrey.
"Well, new uo you like your young
mistress' looks? she auked, X'rdly.
Audrey paused for a moment, then la a
numb wort ot way she answered :
"She ia very pretty, 1 think."
"Miss Frase is the acknowledged beau
ty of these parts ahe Is an heiress. l)!n
glewooa is a lovciy piaco. 1 nope you
will get on well with ber, ciy dear, and
be happy in your new borne."
Miss Fraser eanio homo very tired
about 0 o'clock, and found nircham, her
lirst maid, carefully Instructing the new
corner In the various duties expected of
her. Audrey, mindful of ber mistress'
commands, had put ou her only other
gown, a thick gray one of rough material
with neat collar and enffs, otid a black
ribbed apron. Her hair was brushed
straight off her face, and rolled la a huge I
knot at the back of ber exquisitely shaped
head. She was sale, but her eyes weae
shining with admiration and surprise and
some excitement. Never, In ber wildest'
dreams, had aha conjured up so many
lovely things aa were massed together in
Sheila Fraser'a apartments, with their
slikeu hangings, their dainty furniture,
costly ornaments, and the hundred and
one appulntuienta which Suirbed every
corner.
"It Is like fairyland," Audrey aald
ever attd over again In ber br ullderment.
Sha hardly liked to tread on the Per
sian rags ana furs thrown on tlf loor,
and she held her breath aa sbe stood be
sldo tbe Ivory toilet table, ai.d gated at
the brushes and array of bo'.tles and eth
er knlckknacks in old Dutch s'Wer.
"It Jean cvuld but aee them I" was
her thought.
She was suits dated with all the lers-
ROWLANDS
liness about her, and gave Ut'le cries of
Mtrprise and delight as Itir.-ham lighted
the pink-globed lamps and s':rred the fire
in? a blaze.
She felt it mast he some delirious,
heaven-sent dream, and ihtf presently
she should wake and find herself In her
cold, hard bed at the ho:ne, the bell
clanging the time to rise.
Sh.dla's arrival dispelled bls feeling,
and, as the young lady entered, she seem
ed to bring a rush of cold elr with her
that destroyed tho illusion of fairyland. !
Air nntli at once ! s
L . 1 ,
it always ready for me when I have been
out hunting, Maxse. Iiircliain, you have
told her everything?"
"Yes, miss, everything."
"Let her remain here an I watch you
to-night."
Audrey stood in a dinky rorner with
he? hands folded, as Miss Fiaser, having
plunged Into her bath and th.ts refreshed
and invigorated herself. Kit before the
long, ivory-mounted duchesse mirror, and
put herself into liirchnm's hands to have
her hnir dressed.
Audrey thought sha had t.ever seen
anything so beautiful ns Sh-vla Frnser's
hair; every thread seemed of burnished
gidd as the brush went '. lirr'nh It, and
the Inmp light sliOne on it, nr.d when by
and by her young mistress :ood adorned
for dinner in a black crope gown, with
diamonds glittering in her wavy tresses
and around her white tliro.it, the girl
was quite dazed.
It had been mich a long, wonderful day,
full of siii-li agitation and so many new
experiences.
CHAPTHK IV.
Audrey woke with a start the next
morning, and her first thought was how
angry Miss Irons would be that she was
late. The faint, golden rays of the Feb
ruary sun were strenmlng in through the
sides of the blind; tho bell was not ring
ing. She looked about ber In a dazed,
mechanical fashion, sitting tip bed,
with her mnss of black hair teased loosely
on her shoulders.
Where was she? Surely that was not
Jean's bed In the other Aimer? Jean
never snored like that. She rubbed her
eyes, shivered a little with the cold, and
then waa wide awake. She was not In
her old bedroom, but In hr new, and
mat sleeping torm across in the ether
corner was not Jean's small, thin one.
but the large-boned, heavy frame of
Bircham, her fellow-servant.
She shut the door quietly and went
down stairs, and brushed away briskly
at tbe riding habit and othor garmenta
for a good half hour; then, with a ahy
laugh, she determined to go on to tbe
servants' quarters and reconnoiter.
"I must meet the others sooner or
later," she thought.
A rosy cheeked housemaid was busy
with her bvoum and stopped to courtesy
as she saw" what she took 10 be a guest
coming down the wide oaken staircase
there were always two or three strangers
at Dlnglewood. Audrey was gazing out
of her lovely dark blue oyea with deep
pleasure and Interest at the fresh won
ders that met her gnze at every turn ;
her young, buoyant, nervously excitable
heart thrilled as with delight at the carv
ed oaken panels, the full-length costume
portraits, the figures in armor that stood
In their niches, as though guerding the
old bouse as their dead and gone wearers
did In the days of yore. Tha housemaid's
respectful courtesy first provoked a smile
and then a little Blgh.
"I want to find the kitrhen; am I
going wrong?" ahe said, and then she put
out her hand. "I am the uew maid, Au
drey Maxse 1 Shall we be friends' What
s your name? If it is like your face
it is sure to ba nice."
The housemaid stared at her In amaze
ment; but when she saw that Audrey
still held out her hand, she pt.-t her own
rough palm Into it, while ahe grinned
good naturedly.
I baint bad frens with no one, I
halnt, and I likes you! Why, I took you
for a lady. There! My name's 'Lisa.
What's yourn, did you say?"
Audrey explained all that was neces
sary, and then Eliza allowed her the way
to the housekeeper's room, tho servants'
ball and the kitchen.
You come down the wrong stairs."
she Said. "Them'a the ones you must
use," pointing to her right. "Here'e the
kitchlng. My! Don't the l-nkkus smell
nice? Ain't you 'ungry? You must eat
a lot, and then you'll get red cheeks.
Here's Mr. Downs!" and, Eliza broke off
to giggle, as a young man-r-a very good
Imitation of a gentleman nauntered in
through the opeu doorway that led to
the courtyard, thence to the stables and
Ihe kllrhen garden beyond. "He's Lord
John's valley," she whispered In a loud
voice to Audrey, "and such a swell !"
Mr. Dowus smiled with much superi
ority as he caught Eliza's ingenuous tone
of admiration. He was soon chaffing and
joking with her, while Audrey, who felt
an indescribable vexation and dislike aris
ing within her at the mau's presence,
went to the doorway and walked out
Into tho courtyard. It vss so clour
and fis'sh In the cold morning air that
she soon lost her vague lis ,'onifort, and
began to make friends with ti'e half dozen
doga of every sort and description, who
came from the stables to Inquire Into
tho new arrival. A voice from behind
broke her silence, and, turning, with a
frown, she taw that Downs bad followed
her.
"You'll get cold out here, miss." the
young man said, fixing his eyes on her
exquisite fare with astonished a dm Ira
tloti; "and you're much coo pretty '
Audrey drew herself up. Phe was very
young, ami ahe had never LmI occasion
to feel tho sort of angry resentment
that this man's bold stare awakened In
her breast. She was too nervous to make
any reply, but she turned lound quickly
and went Indoors before be knew what
alio waa doing.
"Oh! Tliut'a her sort. Is U" observed
Mr. Henry lWne to blmelf. "Who's
ahe, I'd like to know, though she is to
r-rctty, to give herself aira t'ke a queen?
Well, we'll aoou take that out of her, or
my name am t Downs."
And, dispensing a few kicks to the
dogs, the man walked away down the
courtyard to give his maator'a order to
the bead groom.
Audrey, to her great relief, found that
a message had come tor ber to go to Miaa
Fraaer's room at once, rttieila Eraser
was tying in ber luxuriant td, ber red
gold balr thrown over the pillows In pie-
tureaqna confusion aa Audrey entered.
"Llgat my fire at nee." east ordered,
sharply; "then poll ap tbe Mind, aad give
tua those papers and letters, Mas.
Audrey stirred tbe amoHertag r inhere
htte a blase, threw aoins wood aa to It,
jiy until nt once; gne oroeren, snitrp- , , . , , .
Iy; and then, looking across at Audrey, j hc. ri,1' "nd on'?, daughter rf a Cumber
she added: "You mut rein-tuber to have ; '"VT'u V'7 WPre '",llh ihV
an then dro-v hark the sifteii rnrfslns.
Miss l'raser took the letters am stared at
the girl.
"I don't think I shall Oe this girl."
she atld to herself. "She is evidently
stupid, and stareg at one in an uncanny
fashion. Go to Mr. Eraser's room
jou know where it is give her my love,
and ask how she la this morning," she
said, shortly.
She lay quite still ss Audrey went
a- sy, then, with a sudden movement, she
sllplied from tho bed, went rrqss the rich
carpet to the mirror, snd ired silently
at her own Image. Never before, in the
whole of her life, had she ever viewed
her own reflection with anything but
pleasure. What was It that jarred her
now? Not only the lark of symmetry
in feature, the difference In coloring
was it not a certain air of unaccounta
ble refinement a something that bespoke
tho patrician in Audrey's face, and that
wo.i wanting In her own?
She was not patrician born she wa
of tho people. Her father had been ! a
hard-headed Scotch merchant, born of re-
nm-tiin; orou-n irnrlmn ntf ' nir mnthnp
hid land, they had retinue of nervants.
bu still they were beyond the acred
Inner sorial round. Sheila tould remem
ber distinctly the days before her mothi
tr's death; she was only a u'rl of eight,
but alio was wonderfully sharp and preJ
eocious for her years. Mrs. Fraser had
no other children. She was an unloved
wife, her ambitions did not keep pare
with those of her husband, snd the rift,
begun almost immediately rfter the mar
ringe, widened and widened until they
wc:-e virtually separated altogether.
George Fraser neither felt r.or pretended!
lo foel any sorrow when 'lis wife died.
He was considerably enriched by her for
tune. (To be continued.)
HELPS TRADE IN MOLASSES.
Maklnw of Vlapgnr Oat ot II lack
utrnu Xow m Tlirlvlnw Indnslry.
I'.ult Insure is getting buck a small
.portion of Iter molasses trade, which a
quarter of a century ugo was n large
Item In the commerce of the city. In
those good old days before the trusts
mohisst's liidcn' nvhooucra were always
to be seen In the hurbor, hnviug
biought their cargoes from Louisiana,
and Porto Klco. With the forcing from
business of the small bakery by the
big biscuit nnd cake companies the de
mand for molasses In large quantities
dropped off until it became a unique
event when a molasses-laden schooner
made iort.'
While this bakery trade has never
returned, the use of the ordinary Torto
Klco blackstrap molasses for- other
purposes bos within, tbe . last year
bronght about a resumption of the
trade, nnd during the lust season no
fewer than Ave large cargoes of mo
lasses have come to port, with more to
follow.
The large four-masted schooner Rob
ert II. McCurdy has lately been In port
unloading a big cargo from Sau Juan,
Porto UIco, Her cargo consists of
3,008 barrels of blackstrap. As Is the
custom, the barrels are rolled to Bow
ley's wharf and placed on their sides.
With her cargo almost completely dis
charged the McCurdy's molasses bar
rels cover a little more than an acre.
This molasses, a great percentage of
which Is alcohol, Is now used by two
Baltimore firms for the manufacture
of vinegar. It Is not generally known
that the best table vinegar is not made
any more from bard cider. It Is only
In recent years that blackstrap mo
lasses bus been used for this purpose.
Well-known wholesale grocers are au
thority for the statement that this vin
egar Is of the best quality. It is likely
that from now 011 the molasses schoon
ers will be making port every three
weeks during the season. Baltimore
News.
All Honor 10 the Apple.
The upple Is a splendid fruit, al
though particular specimens of It are
bum. . The different varieties have a
pronounced individuality. The personal
equation is prominent. The difference
between the Porter and tho Baldwin
each a pomologloal star of the first
magnitude! Is as marked as the differ
ence between a Connecticut bauk clerk
and a Kentucky colonel. The man who
Invented or discovered the Baldwin
conferred on humanity a boon and he
did more to tickle the palate than has
ever been realized.
Of mauy uses Is the apple capable.
Whether It Is eaten raw or converted
Into sauce or made tho basic element
of plo or subjected to other forms of
artistic treatment by the American
housewife It serves a useful and lui-
IMtrtaut purpose.
History has never done adequate jus
tlce to the apple. Poets have never ade
quately celebrated In song the virtues
of the fruit. Political economists have
never fully recognized the full part
that the apple plays In the affairs of
men. Hartford Times.
Ills Mistake.
Fred The ways of women are past
all understanding.
Jack What's the trouble new?
red bile I was In .the parloi
alone with Miss Pluklelgh, sbe lowered
the gtid, and. thinking It was a hint for
me to pro.wse, I dU , but she refused
mo.
Jack Huh! You ought to have
known that negatives are always devel
oped in dark rooms.
Courage Promoters.
"Women," remarked Wedderly,
"are
a great Incentive to manly courage,
"What's the explanation?" queried his
friend Singleton.
"Well," replied Wedderly, "sluce I've
l-ecu up a gal us t the matrimonial game
and had a few little tilts with my wife,
the prospect of a scrap with tbe tou;li
est cltlzeu tu town seems like mo
child's play t4 me."
low March of Mnale.
It takes time tor some operas to
come to England, but (J luck's "Aruilde,1
beloved of Marie Antoinette, probably
establishes a record lu thla respect To
be exact, "Artulde" produced at Co
vent Uardeu lust night bus takeu 1-0
years to reach our shores since its in
itial productiou lu Paris, London
Dally MalL
Taio Vaoal Varlatr.
Jaggles ia bis flying machine a suo
cess?
Waggles Half way so. It always
comas dowa flying. Puck,
BREEZES OF THE PRAIRIE.
Oh, the scent of tho sage comes drifting down on tl" breath of a prairie
brew.
From tho plains where the bunch-gross ripple brown, like tin waves of the
summer seas.
And the dear, sweet smell ot tho hillside pines nnd the cot Ion woods that
grow
In canyons deep conies home to me when the west winds gently blow.
I can see the bulk of a milling herd In the rain clouds massing black
(Ity the angry breath of the storm wind stirred) nnd riders on Its track S
I can hear the rush of a fund atuuipedo when the lightnings flnsh and glow,
And wild hoofs beating the prairie sod when the stirring west winds blow.
Oh, for the feel of a braided rein nnd the plunge of n pr,nlrle steed.
And the brnve, true hearts that the o(hmi plain nnd the wind-swept mountains
breed. ' .
Oh, for the days on the long divides and nights by the camp fire's glow,
Hard on the trail of the herds that ronin where the prairie breezes blow.
IJohemlan.
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ANOTHER
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IT!
The man's whole attitude was Indi
cative of tiredness. The drooping
curves of his mouth, the haggard lines
on his not unhandsome face, the list
less hands and unseeing; eyes, all .be
spoke one 'who has fought and failed,
one tired of tho world, tired of himself,
and weary of life.
For some considerable time he had
been seated on one of the park seats
apparently heedless of the curious
glances with which several passers-by
regarded him. Occasionally his hand
would wander to his coat Kcket, where
his fingers closed round the butt of a
small revolver, which once or twice ho
nd drawn out and then put hack with
faint sigh.
At Inst he became aware of some one
staring fixedly at I1I111. He looked up,
nnd beheld a boy of about S years old,
with sturdy legs planted firmly nnd
widely apart and hands clasped behind
him. Seen by a third party, the' man
and the boy formed a strange contrast
he one who bad lived his life and
the other before whom the wondrous
Book lay open at the first page.
lie was a thoroughly English boy,
who seemed to move almost In an at
mospbereof virile activity .and strength,
evidently the Idol of well-to-do par
ents, to judge by the cut of his clothes
and the cost of the war-like playthings
with which he was decorated. On his
bead he wore a miniature soldier's hel
met, and strapped around his waist he
had a gleaming toy sword.
"I beg your pardon, sir," said the
boy In a manly little voice, when be
found that the man was returning bis
gaze with Interest, "I did not mean to
be rude; I thought that you were
asleep. Would you mind telling me
the time?"
The man's hand lnstlntlvely went to
his waistcoat pocket; then he paused,
and smiling grimly, slowly withdrew
the chain and showed a watchkey and
a pawnticket dangling at the end.
"What does that mean?" asked tbe
boy, drawing nearer.
It means," said the man, "It means
that I am unable to tell you the time
with any degree of certaiuty. But,
Judging by the sun. young sir, I snould
say that it Is hlghtime that you were
seeking your nurse and getting to
bed."
"Xo, I'm privileged to-day," said the
youngster. "This Is my birthday," aud
with something of a swagger he came
up and leaned against tbe' arm of the
seat.
Indeed!" said the man with some
degree of interest. "Well, I suppose I
ought to wish, you many happy returns
of the day. eh?"
Why, of course," cried the boy, "and
then I say the same to you, and many
of them that's the rule."
"Thank you, my lad," said the man.
"But I fear there are no more 'happy
returns' for me."l He paused a second,
and then added: "No, I have arrived at
the end."
"Do you mean that you are dying?"
asked the lad.
The man gazed at his questioner for
minute, smiling whimsically tbe
while, and then replied, "Yes, I'm' dy
ing fast. Just niie that sun sinking
behind the trees over there. When
that goes down I shall lie dead, only
that's going down in a blaze of glory,
whilst I " A wave of the hand and
a shrug of the shoulders completed the
sentence.
The youngster's blue eyes opened
wider as be listened, and he sidled up
closer to the man, wlto appenred to
be only occasionally conscious of his
presence.
1 ve never seeu a dying man. -e
said presently, and there was a certain
amount of awe In bis tone. "I've heard
and read about them, but I've never
seen one. May I stay?"
Uecelving no reply, he took the con
sent for granted, and hoisted himself
on to tne seat uesiue me tnitti, wno
now seemed lost In thought.
"Maybe tlipy'U rend'ubuut me to-morrow."
murmured the man. "Six lines
or so, uo more, and no oue will care."
Tbe boy bad been looking up quaint
ly Into the man's face for a while, and
then be said :
"You don't look as though you were
dying. What are you dying of?"
The man laughed bitterly.
"Ueneral failure, my lad," he said.
"Failure of purpose, failure of means,
Insufficient powers of endurance, Inabil
ity to stand a prolonged fast. They
can put all those down ou my death
certificate, with a comma between each
and v bullet for a full-stop at tbe
nd."
"Are you hungry?"
"There are several forma of hunger,"
the man continued, ieaklng almost to
himself. "Tbe hunger for food that'a
natural ; the hunger for huuiuti sympa
tby that's unnatural. I've suffered
from both, and 1 know which Is the
worst"
Evidently tbe boy could not quite
grasp tbe drift of this part of bis com
panion's gitcoch, and bis mind reverted
to the beglnulug.
"My father la a general," be said.
CHANCE
"He fights wars. He's seen lots of men
die in battles. That's how I'm going
to die when I grow up."
The man . laughed quietly to him
self. "An honor for which I have striven
In vain," be murmured sadly. "They
say that every bullet bus Its billet
now," and again his hand wandered to
his breast lxicket.
"Yes," the boy went on with an air
of satisfaction, swinging his legs to
and fro, "that's what I am going to
In; a soldier. I am practicing now."
He glanced affectionately at the toy
sword which lay across his knees. "I
am scouting In advance."
"If your nurse forms the main body,
I am ufraid you are rather far from
your men, aren't you?" queried tlie
man, pretending to fall In with the
lad's enthusiasm.
"Yes," replied the embryo warrior.
"That's the fun. I've lost the main
body. But," he added exultingly, "I've
found tlie enemy. See those two boys
over there?" and he pointed towards
two ragged urchins who were curiously
watching them at a safe distance. Tbe
man nodtled. "They are1 part of the
enemy," the boy went on. "I found
WEARY OF LIFE.
them throwing stones at a dog la the
pond ; the dog was their 'cnttle,' you
know at least, I pretended It was. So
I I' surrounded them, and then I
charged. Oh ! my eye, they did mn."
And, as If Inspired by the remem
brance of his former bloodless victory,
he drew the sword from Its scabbard
with a flourish and half descended
from the seat, whereat tbe two urchins
promptly disappeared.
"That's the worst of the enemy," he
said, getting back to his seat with an
air of disupiiolutment. "They always
run' away."
"Not always," said the man. "There
are enemies and enemies, you know,
and some are always wltb us."
'That's Just what Mr. Parsons says,"
exclaimed the boy.' "He Is our clergy
man. He says that drink Is an enemy,
and despair, and that we must tight
them."
The man shook his head sadly.
"Ah!" he said. "I have fought them.
and I have lost."
"Not yet, surely !" cried the boy
They haven t Killed you yet. Let 11s
fight ' them together. Come along, I'll
help you."
And a new light suddenly gleamed In
tbe man's eyes, almost as though he
had caught the contagion of the boy's
nghtiug spirit, nnd Just as be was
about to reply a quick, firm step was
heard coming along the gravel path
and a tall, bronzed, gray-haired man
of soldierly appearance swung round
the bend and stopped before them.
"You young rascal," begun the new
comer; but ho wns Interrupted by a
slight cry from the man on the seat,
who Instantly sprang to bis feet, and,
bringing his heels together with
sharp click, came mechanically to tho
regulation salute.
Tbe boy thinking that this was part
of the game, immediately ranged him
self alongside Lis newly found friend
in exact Imitation of bis attitude, and
for a few secouda there they stood tbe
elderly war-worn General, dapper and
smart In his well-cut clothes; tbe mid
die-aged, world-worn man, pitiable but
amnrt In his wcll-brushcd rags; and the
youngster In his martial trappings, sa
lutliig by his side.
"I I know you," said the Ueneral
presently, looking keenly at the man
from lieneiith his shnggv eyebrowa "I
know you why. bless my soul 1 Ser
geant Collins?"
"Yes, sir." said the man, still re
maining at the salute.
A second's pause, during which the
General's keen eyes took In every de-
all of the man's appearauce; then he
briskly returned the salute, and the
man's hand dropped to his side.
'What are you doing now, eh, Col
lins?" asked the General.
'Nothing, sir," was the reply. "Been
doing that for some time."
"Father," the lad's voice remonstra
ted.
"Well, you young rufTlan?"
"You didn't return my salute."
The General laughingly carried out
the military formulae, and dismissed
his Junior In due form.
'His mind Is full of soldiering," ex
plained the General. "He Is full, of
ambition."
"A good thing, sir," said the man.
'The great pity Is that with most of
us ambition dies so young."
"Oh! tut, tut!" the General excla'm-
ed. "That s absurd. When ambition
dles well, then you had better "
"Yes, sir," Interrupted the man
quietly. "That Is Just what I was
about to do."
The General looked up sharply.
There was a dead pause ; then, as If
suddenly determined, ho jtnld, "Er
well, Collins, I I am very pleased that
I met you. I owe you something for,
what you did In that little affair at
Tel-Eb remember that, eh? Just you
come along now. I think you are tho
very man I want. Stanley" this to
his son "bring Mr. Collins along."
After they had walked a few paces
the boy, looking up In the man's face,
said, "I didn't know that you had been
a real soldier."
"Oh, yes," replied the man. "Yes;
I've fought some tough tights, too, but
I've won my hardest battle to-day. I
wns nearly losing It, but you came to
my aid. You brought up re-enforcer
ments; came to the rescue with Gener
als Hope and Ambition, and now "
There was a startled cry. a patter of
bare feet along the gravelled path, and:
two ragged forms dived behind some'
bushes.
"The enemy has run nway again,"
remarked the boy. Philadelphia Tele
graph.
OUB NATIVE TONGUE.
European People Have Little Lots
(or English Lanaaaare.
The people of Continental Europe
who are under tbe necessity of learning
the English language have little affec
tion for It Its complicate" origin has
laden It with an immense number of
inconsistencies, contradictions and dup
lications, and above all with an irreg-i
ulnr and Inexplicable system of spell-i
lng a system that Is Just now recelv-;
Ing the attention of our own reformers..
Germans are accustomed to speak
of the English language as "a monsterl
having two mouths, with one of which!
it speaks German anil wltb the other1
Latin."
The Slavonic peoples of central and
western Europe, who by reason of the
fact that they have been compelled to
learn many languages, nnd are there
fore great linguists, have a legend to
necount for tlie Inconsistencies of Eng
lish whloh Is yet more uncompliment
ary than the German animadversion
against our mother tongue.
This legend Is to the effect tlmt when
the Almighty created tho nations he
gave men no tongues nt all. When
they came and dumbly begged for them.
he compassionately took n piece of
meat and cut It Into slices, giving each
one a slice to serve as a tongue.
This arrangement served well
enough; but, when the Englishman,
who had either lazily or contemptu
ously failed to arrive sooner, came and
demanded his piece, there was none
left Accordingly the Diety called back
the men of other nations, and slicing
from each of their tongues a little bit
he put them all together to make a
tongue for the Englishman. And this
Is why the English continue to the
present day to Kpeak In such a Jumble.
Students have averred that this
story, originally heard in Croatia, Is so
close a representation in allegory of
the actual facts In tho origin of the
English language, that it has a "made-
up air. it is, nevertheless, picturesqutj
nnd interesting.
STUFFED APE TO BE SOLD.
Consul la I'nclulmeil nt Appralaer'a
Ofllre I1eauNe of Import Tax.
Within a few days a' vigil of more
than a year will have ended, nnd tlie
last engagement of Consul, once a fam
ous chimpanzee, will have come to a
close, says the New York Herald.
Governmental red tuie hos for the
last twelve months kept Consul or all
that remains of him, a close prisoner
lu the office pf J. 1l. Storey, deputy
collector of tho port of New York. Dur
ing that time the stuffed figure of the
monkey has become so familiar to the
clerks of the office that they stopped
staring at the sight of him standing
there, looking like a dwarfed human.
When his owner took Consul away
from New York, where he had been
born and reared, It broke tbe animal's
heart After going ail over Europe
and attracting the attention not only
of the curious but of the learned as
well. Consul became ill of pneumonia
at the close of an entertainment given
before Kaiser William In Berlin. Three
days later he died, having shown, so it
Is said, no desire to recover.
Ills owner decidol to have blm stuff
ed by the best taxidermist In Berlin,
and forwarded to Dr. E. ( Buckey, 53
Crnuberry street, Brooklyn, with in
structions to the physiclau to present
the specimen to the natural history mu
seum. When the hotly arrived here a year
ago tho United State authorities noti
fied Dr. Buckey that be would have to
pay a 20 per cent duty, but this be de
clined to do. As a result the stuffed
figure was put In the office of tbe col
lector to stand guard over the other
seizure.
Readllr Explained.
"You are well preserved for your
ape."
"Yes; I was canned' at college.".
The Wabash.
Every woman who owns a sewing
machine has a number of "attach
ments" that go with It which she never
use.